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The Progress., 1887-12-10
LATER NEWS,

IT is seid that Gen. Bragg of Wisconsin
Would like the Mexican mission.
FARGO, Dakota, and Mankato, Minn, will
have free postal delivery after January |.
MANY houses were destroyed by earth
quake at Besignano, Calabrla, on the 3rd
and twenty persons killed. 1000 people are
homeless.
(. LONDON advices narrate that plot has
bee1 discovered attri uted to American
remains to assa sinate Lord Hartington but
The scheme miscarried.
:. 4 COMMITTEE of Omaha citizens have gone
to Washington to secure if possible the
holding of the Republican National Con
vention in that city.
A BROKEN rail caused the wrecking Of a
wild fre1 ght train on the st. Paul & Duluth
road, near Spirit Lake, Sunday night.
Eight cars were smashed up but no one
hurt. -@f ..','t
MOTHER Mary Clarke, head of the order
of Sisters Of Charity, B: V. M, in this
country, died Sunday at the Mother house
OF the order, in Table Mound township, Ia,
aged IS years.
/. In the trial of Hal Reid at St. Paul, for
his crime npon Maud Compston the jury
lis approved by the public. It is said a new
trial will be asked for.
/. The Secretary of the Interior has re-
quested the Attorney General to bring civil
and criminal suits against M. A. Upton of
Latiln, Dak., upon a charge of cutting L.
,00,,000 feet of lumber from the public do
main.
!. AT Leavenworth, Kans., Sunday evening,
Paul Bloom, aged 7S kissed his daughter
and her child good night and went into the
yard and shot himself through the heart.
He had just made his will, disposing of
considerable property.
!, : The election of President for the French
k4I ~.
second ballot in the choice of M. Sadi-
Carnot, who is just 80 years of age, and
mas served in the cabinets of both Ferry
land NJ. de Freycinet. By education he is q
civil engineer
I, WHILE cleaning q loaded gun Saturday,
Matthias Hansen of st. Paul, shot and in
tstantly killed his wife. Hanson claims he
did not know the gun was loaded and it
vent of by accident, the charge Of buck
shot striking the unfortunate woman in the
mouth, tearing her head to pieces.
HE Democrats and Republicans of the
House held their caucuses on the 3rd for
officers MI Carlisle was chosen by accla-
sippi for doorkeeper L. Dalton of Indiana
for postmaster and Rev. w. H. Millburn for
chaplain. The Republicans named Hon. T.
B: heed OF Maine for Speaker, G. H. Greer
OF Dakota for postm aster, Rev. F. w.
Thomas OF Indiana for chaplain, W. T. Fitch
OF Ohio, for doorkeeper
: SUNDAY afternoon passenger train on
Manitoba r.. r. got struck in the snow
about q mile from Iroquois, Oak, and
While digging out was run into by another
passenger train, the hind coach of the first
train being telescoped and nine passengers
injured but none killed. A man had been
sent back to warn the second train, but the
engineer had his cab window closed and
saw neither the signal nor the forward
train until he struck it. The wreck was a
bad one aud it took twelve hours to clear Il
The Progress., 1887-12-10
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSIONS.
Six Men Badly Burned and the Derrick
Wrecked at the Speedily We'll.

Six Men Badly Burned and the Derrick
Wrecked at the Speedily Well.
On Cry, Pa, Dec. 3.-An explosion of
natural gas occurred at the Specify well,
seven miles from here, last evening, wreck
ing the derrick and pa nfully burning six
workmen Four of the men are in a serious
condition, but. with care, will probably re-
cover. The rig and all adjacent buildings
were destroyed, and the gas is now burn
ing as it escapes from the ground.
FARMLAND, Ind, Dc. 3.-Last night Sam.
uel Wright was fatally and George Ritter
seriously injured by an explosion Of natural
gas The two men entered room which
Ritter was fitting up for a restaurant A
match was struck to light the lamps and an
explosion instantly resulted, completely
wrecking the building The explosion re.
suited from leakage of natural gas Tho
moneyIoss is $4,000
The Progress., 1887-12-10
Readyfo Fate.

Two young ladies were driving in
Central park when their horse took
fright and dashed madly away.
20, Ethel!,' shrieked one, ..stop him,
stop him, we shall be thrown, put!''
.sNever mind,'' replied Ethel, with
set teeth and courageous grip on the
reins, s'if the worst comes to the worst
and we are thrown out, I've got a pa
per of safety pins in my pocket"
The Progress., 1887-12-10
S;JAC'o' oBs J. OIL
!. ~ :.
First Stroke Of Pain
EVERY YEAR TO THOUSANDS.

The Class. Fifty million population. Pain
for the first time to one in every ten.
Five million need relief How? Promptly,
permanently. Certainty OF cure at reason
able cost. How to find out? On. reputa.
ton, through experiment, by proof.
The Progress., 1887-12-10
FOREIGN,

n Y
BIZ fearful explosion on the 28th in tho
Abernout mines in Aberdare, Eng, $40 men
were for time buried alive A relief party
rescued them ALL
LONDON advices of the 28th say that LETT
ters received from the upper Congo say
that Nppo Tib had not sent the promised
carriers to Stanley srear guard at Yambuya
to convey stores for Emin Bey, and that
Stanley had proceeded without them.
Many of the men had died from starvation.
The sentences Of eighteen Russian officers
sentenced to Siberia for engaging in revo-
lutionary conspiracy were on the 29th COM
muted to degradation to the ranks by the
Czar l.
The mayor of Culiacan, Mex. on the 29th
offered reward of $40, 600 for the capture
of Eraclio Bernal, the most desperate BAN
dit In the country
A KILLARNEY newsdealer was on the 3Oth
ult sentenced to one months imprisonment
for selling copies of United ireland contain
ing reports Of prohibited meetings Of tho
National League -.. -.
In a colhery at Poremba, Silesia, thirteen
workmen were killed on the 3Oth ult by
choke damp and many others were taken
out of the shaft inseusible, but were resus-
citated ra
NINE business buildings were burned at
Aiken, s. c., on the 3Oth ult
A SHOCK Of earthquake was felt on tho 1st
in the County of Lancashire, Eng. "
Mr.. SEXTON was on the 1st elected Lord
Mavor of Dublin, to succeed Mr.: Sullivan.
Ex ITEMENT prevailed in the City of Mex
leo on the I'd over a rumOr that the United
States had made claim in favor of Editor
Cutting. Public opinion was that the Mex
lean Government would not be sustained in
laying such damages
IHE police on the I'd surprised Nihilist
rendezvous and dynamite factories il st.
Petersburg and there was a desperate en-
counter and bloodshed.
LORD MAYOR SULLIVAN, of Dublin, was onthe
I'd sentenced to two months Imprisonment
for printing reports of suppressed branches
of the National League in his paper
The hostile attitude assumed by the Dep
uties and Senators toward him made it
plain to President Grevy, of France, that he
could hold office no longer, and was the inn
mediate cause of his resignation, which he
rendered on the I'd #.
BEACH, the Australian oarsman, on the I'd
resigned the championship and retired from
aquattcg - -.-....7
The members of the Austrian Reichsrath
who are school-teachers were on the I'd or
dered to give up their school duties on the
ground that education and politics should
be kept separate.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

The Proof. The testimony cannot be
disputed. 2. It has been renewed after
lapse OF years. 8. No return of pain in
years. 4. It has cured in all ages and con-
ditions. 5. It has cured all forms of suffer-
ing 6. It has cured all stages of painful
ailments. Z. It has cured cases considered
hopeless. 8. It has caused crutches and
canes to be thrown away 8. Its best cures
are chronic cases.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

The EfHcacy.-1. It's effects are prompt
2. Its relief is sure. 3. Its cures are
permanent. T. 1t cures chronic cases Of
as long standing as 40 years. S. Its cures
are without relapse without return Of
pain: 6. It cures in all cases used ac-
cordlng to directions. 7. In every bottle
there's cure, i'll every application relief.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

The Price,. The best always first and
cheapest. 2. The best is the promptest,
safest. surest, most permanent. 3. The
benefits derived are beyond price. 4. Ex-
amples show that no competition can show
like results. s. It is the best.
The Progress., 1887-12-10
THr National Prohibition Committee hsld

TIE National Prohibition Committee held
It's meeting in Chicago on the 3Oth ult and
elected Prof Samuel A. Dickie, of Albion
Mich, as chairman in place of the late ohm
b Finch. His salary was fixed at $3, ,0OO.
Indianapolis was fixed as the place for hold
ing the National convention on the first
Wednesday in June
OFFICIAL figures on the 3Oth ult OF the
recent election In Massachusetts, show tRat
Governor Ames' plurality is 1906 and his
majority 1886. The plurality for the Re.
publican State ticket averages about A,-
900.
A coLoRED woman named Collins who
was once servant Of General Jackson, died
on the 3Oth ult in Nashville, Tenn aged
1lS years
THE result of the recent balloting in At
lanta was canvassed on the 3Oth ult. show
ing majority of /. 1913 against prohibition.
Mrs. MAaDA1ENA SCHWARTZ, aged forty
five, German grass widow of Brainerd,
Mimi, was on the 1st married to Andrew
Robinson, until recently tramp, and who
did chore-work forshis present bride, who
is the wealthiest resident Of that region.
The official vote on the prohibition
amendment at the recent election In Ore.
gon, canvassed on the, 1st, is 10, 9,973 for,
2,958 against; majority against prohibi-
tion, 1885
The Prohibition conference In Chicago
closed on the evening OF the 1st with amass
meeting at which Ex-Governor St John
named General Clinton B Fiske, Of New
Jersey, as the Presidential candidate
Cmcurr JuDaH THoRE, Of West yirginte,
on the I'd denied the validity of an act or
the special session Of the Leglsi iatufe by
which Mr. Faulkner was elected United
States Senator
The Progress., 1887-12-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICIAN,

MRS ELIZABETH MORRISON, aged one hun
dred and one years, died on the 29th at
Winchester, o.
The Prohibition party of Atlanta, Ga.
gave notice on the 28th that they would
contest the election of the 26th inst
s PROMINENT Democrats of ST Louis had a
meeting on the 28th and determined to
send q delegation to Washington with the
object Of securing the National Democratic
convention next year
WILLIAM A MILLER, who served two terms
as Governor Of the State of Arkansas. died
at Little Rock on the 29th
JAMES B. CHESS, of Indiana, was on the
18th appointed United States Consul at
Durango Mex.
OFFICIAL returns on the Goth Of the recent
election in Virginia show that the Demo-
cratic vote exceeded the Republican by 42e.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

the Merits. -Example.-Take up st. Jacobs
Oil, the Great Remedy for Pain. It's superior
merits known to all the world. Experience
shows its merits through its efficacy.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

Sharpeiey was invited the other
day to dinner by old MacSkinfint. In
due course two chops made their ap-
pearance. You see your dinner re-
marked the host. Yes,'' replied
Sharpeley, helping himself to both the
chops; but I don see yours. Judy.
The Progress., 1887-12-10

Wife lin hoarse whisper) Moich-
ael! Moichael! Wake up! Thurs a
murtherin thafe in the room!" Mich
ael Whist now, Rosie; be alsy. /
hev me oi on m, an ef he foinds ony
thing I'll git up an take it froom i'm. Z
Rarper's Bazar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-18
Personal.

Ex-President Hayes is in daily receipt
ola budget OF letters asking for opinions
and advice on things political. d. sell
dom answers them to any length beyond
a line or two OF acknowledgment
DR.. Bridge, the organist OF Westmin-
ster Abbey, London, has purchased from
the library of John Goss, the musician,
lately deceased, number OF manuscripts
with marginal notes of the hand OF Mo-
Fart.
Colonel John Hay is said to have the
most beautifully furnished library IN
Washington. Ii is on the ground floor
of his house. The ceiling is panelled in
old oak, and the books are IL low cases
running around the walls.
The Marquis of Ailesbury was at Alex
andra-Park races the other day. He
drove down in coach and four, and the
rowdy element was well represented on
bis coach. Ii seems extremely doubtful
whether the ostracism OF the Marquis
will be either as real or as continuous as
was at first imagined.
Senator Ingalls, does not look unlike
William Black, the novelist, and like
MIR. Black he is said to be writing q
novels Washington life is tue subject.
The Senator from Kansas is slender, but
has a rather striking appearance on &C,
count OF the Arrangement OF his front
hair. He wears gold spectacles aud
covers his upper lip with an iron-gray
moustache. while wisp OF whisker con
ceals the lower.
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HOLIDAY GOODS. ..,.-
MAS,
1887.
HOLIDAY GOODS.

Again we make our annual saintat,on N our
friends aud the public, and beg 70 assure them
OF our grateful appreciation OF their ltDersi
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times.
We hope each and every one have shared
abundantly In the prosperity which has blessed
our city and State, and can contemplate ms
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The Book Trade, indeed, has been Invaded by
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And now we offer our. usual largo stock OF
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Also the inevitable CHRISTMAS AND NEW
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To all OF Witch we Invite the attention OF the
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-18

Boston, and the opposing lawyer not be-
ing acquainted with Mr.. Bradlee, under
took to counteract the effect OF his testi-
moDy. In the cross examination the
questions and answers were somewhat as
follow:
"Wbat did you say your business was,
Mr.. Bradlee ?" began the lawyer.
"Well, have charge of good many
trusts, mostly real estate" said MIR.
Bradlee.
Glow much real estate have You ever
had charge Of at one time?"
"Well, / don't think / can say en-
actly."
But how much should you guess ?"
Al couldn't even guess.
"Well. sir, would you say il was s., 900
WORTH"
al should put it as high as that, GER
tainly."
Would you put it as high as
SlO,O0O?"
Eyes"
Fifteen thousand?"
Eyes"
twenty-five thousand?"
"Yes."
Fifty thousand ?"
eyes"
"a hundred thousand?"
Yes"
Give hundred thousand?"
eyes"
"a million ?"
Yes"
"Well, how many millions ?" roared
the astonished lawyer, who only now
began to discover that he had caught a
Tartar.
Well. said Mr.. Bradiee. very coolly,
81 told you at the start | couldn't say,
but, since you insist on it, Twill roughly
estimate it at, say, 500, 900, 600. "
"You may stand down " said the
flabbergasted attorney, who was very
soon non-suited.
son the whole, in view of the expe-
rienco of this bantering lawyer, we
wouldn't advise anybody to undertake
to question Mr. Bradlee's business expe-
rience or capacity"
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AsTUDENr'S PROTEST.
Regarding the Medical Examining
EsOaTd.

TO ne Editor Of the Dispatch :
4Sihee the state Board of Medical Ex-
aInin,,rs 80 ~I.---a:.,r, much attention,
and all sides have had hearing, | hope
YOU Will allow me to make few Obser-
vations from students standpoint.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the gentlemen who at
tend our Virginia medical colleges repre-
sent all sections OF the country. They
spend their money in Virginia; they pay
more for their tuition in the Institutions
chartered by the State of Virginia than
they would pay in Cincinnati, Louis
vile, Baltimore, or any of the southern
or western medical colleges, and yet after
graduating their diploma is not worth
the parchment on which it is written,
They must stand a second examination
before a board composed of gentlemen
tChO ichen then gradu0tcd were not as
well qualified for the practice of medi-
cine as the graduate of to-day, for it is
u well-known fact that the medical sci
ence has advanced and is advancing more
than any other. The present Board of
Examiners is not as conservative as We
would have it. In April, 1887, sic ont
Of ten of the graduates of one of our
Virginia colleges were rejected, and of
the nineteen gentlemen who appeared
before this board only seven passed the
examination. The examinations have
heretofore been ridicuIously and unne-
cessarily rigid, and I'll venture to say
that not one tenth of the doctors in
this State could have passed them.
The time on each branch is limited to
three hours, time so short that a poor
penman stands no chance whatever.
The Medical Society Of Virginia, not
satisfied with the present law, wants it
amended so as to abolish the district
boards they want the earth and all it
contains. Let the State Board remain
as II is or abolish the whole thing and
end its thigh" ~ mission. The medi-
cal students certainly deserve some con-
sideration, for they not only support this
board, but they are the sufferers. Let
our Legislature exempt the students who
patronize our home institutions or refuse
TO grant the amendment asked for by the
Medical Society of Virginia, which by
the way, only represents about one
third of The physicians of the State.
y. Y. II.
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In n HadhOuse.

lBy Anglo-American cacle to the Dispatch.l
PARIS, December 17.-Aubertin, the
man who attempted 10 assassinate M.
Ferry in the hall of the Chamber of Dep
uties, was arranged before magistrate
for a preliminary examination to-day.
While the examination was progressing
the prisoner was attacked with dementia,
and he was removed to the madhouse.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-18
The Inurer Frnorcd.

The Boston Herald tells this story Of
Mr.. n. J.. Bradlee, who was the Citi-
zens' candidate for mayor there :
"There is lawyer in this town who,
not long ago, undertook to make out
Mr.. Bradiee a rather obscure sort of a
man, but his success in this effort was
not such as to encourage arepetitiono OF it.
The lawyer was acting as counsel in a
suit IN which the value OF q certain
estate was the question nj issue. The
party 10 whom the lawyers client was
opposed had summoned Mr.. Bradlee as
IN expert on the value of real estate in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-18
The Disgraeeru, Broad-street Road

TO the Editor Of the Dispatch:
During the last State Fair the Broad
Street road to the Fair-Grounds was al
most impossible through being lake of
mud 1t was hoped that the officials of
the city and county would have felt so
ashamed that our invited guests and
thousands of others who had to pass
over such a miserable so-called road that
they would have taken some steps to-
ward harmony OF action and repair it.
1t is to-day in the same wretched condi-
tion-a disgrace to our city and State
aud as it is a road which is seen more
than any other road in the State, it
ought not to be allowed to remain so.
Regard for the reputation and welfare
of the city and State should induce those
in official position to move IN the matter.
L. w. WooD.
December le, 1887.